Obituary November 2013

Steven T. Carrier

Born in 1938 in Havre, Montana, Carrier served in the United States Army Reserves during high school. Five days after graduating, he joined and served in the United States Marines for three years. He then completed a four-year apprenticeship, receiving a Journeyman Electronics Mechanic Certificate from the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he volunteered in the United States Air Force Reserves for one year.

In 1967, he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in applied mathematics from California State Polytechnic University and later a PhD in statistics from Texas A&M University.

Carrier’s career was spent in the pharmaceutical biostatistics and drug development industry, and he retired from Abbott Laboratories.

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